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Jake Scheidemann
Jacob Scheidemann is a current intelligence analyst and intelligence management graduate student. A prior active-duty United States Army officer with leadership roles around the world, Jake is also a routine contributor of intelligence, national security, and military history writing.
Education:University of Maryland, 2025MS Intelligence ManagementUniversity of Maryland, 2020BA Criminology and Criminal JusticeExpertise:Articles by Jake Scheidemann
Initially under British rule, the 13 original colonies emerged as American states in the late eighteenth century, but the journey to independence was not easy.
Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death” is a famous quote from early American history, but what was the rallying cry’s impact?
George Washington’s daring raid on Christmas night, 1776, against the Hessian outpost in the Battle of Trenton changed the course of the American Revolutionary War.
Here is everything you need to know about the Battle of Saratoga, a crucial turning point of the American Revolutionary War.